'Unacceptable,' advocates say as COP16 ends without biodiversity fund deal
News / 4th November 2024Officials at the international biodiversity conference were forced to suspend talks without reaching an agreement on a key issue of the summit—a detailed finance plan for a dedicated biodiversity fund.
Open call for a ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel and end to impunity
News / 24th October 2024STWR joins a coalition of more than 150 NGOs urging the international community to end the impunity that has allowed atrocities by Israeli forces against civilians to escalate in Gaza, the West Bank and now Lebanon.
Ending poverty for half the world could take more than a century
News / 22nd October 2024At today’s feeble pace, it could take more than a century to eliminate poverty as it is defined for nearly half the world – people who live on less than $6.85 per day, according to the World Bank.
Africa faces escalating food crisis as conflict and climate impacts drive hunger
News / 22nd October 2024163 million Africans are currently experiencing acute food insecurity, a number that has nearly tripled in just five years, according to new data.
International financial system ‘not fit for purpose’ to address catastrophic debt crisis: UN poverty expert
News / 21st October 2024The international financial system is failing to address the catastrophic debt crisis that is engulfing developing countries and causing misery for hundreds of millions of people, according to the UN’s poverty expert.